High Interest: Feb. 23

Published: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:39 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 8:39 a.m.

The 77th annual North Carolina School of Banking

will be held Aug. 4-9 in Chapel Hill. Bankers from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia will travel to the University of North Carolina’s William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. The school is designed to provide an educational opportunity to expand the skills and abilities of middle managers and prospective managers.

The primary goals of the school are to provide skills in specific technical subjects, improving the abilities and effectiveness of middle managers; to teach the relationship between academic disciplines of business and real practicalities of banking; to broaden students’ understanding of the inter-relationships among the various functions of banking, and to enhance the selfesteem and confidence level of students.

The North Carolina School of Banking is led by its dean, Harry M. Davis, Ph.D., NCBA economist and professor of banking at Appalachian State University, and its provost, Steve Jones, president and CEO, VantageSouth Bank.

For more information, contact the N.C. Banker’s Association at 919-781-7979 or 1-800-662-7044.

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Art and History of Renaissance Florence will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon, March 11, 18 and 25 in the Patton Building, Room 150, on the Flat Rock campus of Blue Ridge Community College.

The course is part of BRCC’s Blue Ridge Center for Lifelong Learning curriculum.

Travel author and historian Mark Gordon Smith will present an overview of the rise of western art in the city of its birth.

For more information or to register, contact Terri Wallace, BRCLLC coordinator at 828-694-1740.

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Mountain BizWorks will offer a Foundations business planning course from 6 to 9 p.m. beginning March 4 at the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce in Tryon.

<p>The 77th annual North Carolina School of Banking</p><p>will be held Aug. 4-9 in Chapel Hill. Bankers from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia will travel to the University of North Carolina's William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education. The school is designed to provide an educational opportunity to expand the skills and abilities of middle managers and prospective managers.</p><p>The primary goals of the school are to provide skills in specific technical subjects, improving the abilities and effectiveness of middle managers; to teach the relationship between academic disciplines of business and real practicalities of banking; to broaden students' understanding of the inter-relationships among the various functions of banking, and to enhance the selfesteem and confidence level of students.</p><p>The North Carolina School of Banking is led by its dean, Harry M. Davis, Ph.D., NCBA economist and professor of banking at Appalachian State University, and its provost, Steve Jones, president and CEO, VantageSouth Bank.</p><p>For more information, contact the N.C. Banker's Association at 919-781-7979 or 1-800-662-7044.</p><p>u</p><p>Art and History of Renaissance Florence will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon, March 11, 18 and 25 in the Patton Building, Room 150, on the Flat Rock campus of Blue Ridge Community College.</p><p>The course is part of BRCC's Blue Ridge Center for Lifelong Learning curriculum.</p><p>Travel author and historian Mark Gordon Smith will present an overview of the rise of western art in the city of its birth.</p><p>For more information or to register, contact Terri Wallace, BRCLLC coordinator at 828-694-1740.</p><p>u</p><p>Mountain BizWorks will offer a Foundations business planning course from 6 to 9 p.m. beginning March 4 at the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce in Tryon.</p><p>This eight-session business planning course helps entrepreneurs to evaluate and estimate start-up and overhead costs, determine profit goals, project cash flow, develop marketing plans, and learn about necessary licensing and record keeping.</p><p>The Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce is at 2753 Lynn Road, Suite A, Tryon.</p><p>The course will meet weekly over the eight-week period.</p><p>For more information or to register, contact Ashley Epling, 828-253-2834 Ext. 27, Ashley@mountainbizworks.org, or course facilitator Carol Lynn Jackson 828-817-2308, or carollynn@mountainbizworks. org.</p><p>Compiled by Leigh Kelley</p>